. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland . ^ but I never observed more thanhalf a dozen or so, even in the largest barn, whereas it is not unusual to see eightor ten nests of the House-Martin under the eaves of a house, whilst the occupiedburrows of Sand-Martins in a single sand-bank frequently number from twenty The Swallow ;^t, The favourite haunts of the Swallow are country villages, hamlets, or evenisolated houses, and cottages ; but it rarely penetrates far into the larger places its nest in various situations-—on joists of barns, out-houses, boat-houses,in which case the
. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland . ^ but I never observed more thanhalf a dozen or so, even in the largest barn, whereas it is not unusual to see eightor ten nests of the House-Martin under the eaves of a house, whilst the occupiedburrows of Sand-Martins in a single sand-bank frequently number from twenty The Swallow ;^t, The favourite haunts of the Swallow are country villages, hamlets, or evenisolated houses, and cottages ; but it rarely penetrates far into the larger places its nest in various situations-—on joists of barns, out-houses, boat-houses,in which case the form of the nest varies from an oval to a half-, or quarter-cup ;against perpendicular walls under eaves of barns *; inside chimne3s, wells, andmines ; in corners of pillared porticoes to large houses ; under rustic bridges ; caseshave even been recorded of nests built in a hole in a tree about thirty feet fromthe ground, and in the forking branch of a s3camore. In its wild state inmountainous or rocky localities this bird naturally builds against the sides of cliffsunder overhanging ledges of rock, or in caves; but in Great Britain it usuallyseeks the habitations of men for nesting-sites. The nest is always open above; the walls thick, and formed of mud-pelletsmixed with straw, ha}, or hair; the lining consis
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